List; Here is a weird one I can't seem to find the cause of. Perhaps it is inane, harmless, etc but it is annoying. I get these respawning too fast errors to the console. They go away when I comment out the S:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS3 line and init q it. Until a reboot that is.
Truncated for brevity: or [-hiLmw] [-l login_program] [-t timeout] [-I initstring] [-H login_host] line baud_rate,... [termtype] INIT: Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes I edit my inittab file to look like this in the last lines: # Example how to put a getty on a modem line. # #S:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS3 After a reboot it looks like this: # how to put a getty on a modem line. S:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS3 I did all kinds of things like make the file read only but it still happens. I have absolutely no need for a getty on a modem line, I am on a LAN and no phone line ever connects to this box. It is a IBM Thinkpad 701C Laptop with a brand spanking new potato installed yesterday. It connects through a Xircom PC card and 10baseT. Perhaps I have a package installed I don't need or somesuch. Personal replies appreciated, but responding to the list helps everyone. Your time and any ideas appreciated. Thanks Tom